We need to tell you about some important changes to the EMWPREP project you have taken part in.

EMWPREP is a collaborative research project, which several universities and Uni Connect partnerships have used to track participation in their outreach activities over time and measure the impact of those activities. If you have taken part in outreach activities delivered by these organisations, you, your parents, or your school have likely given us permission to use your data for this research. Unfortunately, the current EMWPREP project is coming to an end. Because universities and Uni Connect partnerships still have a duty to continue this research, the data held as part of the EMWPREP project will be transferred to a larger service which conducts similar research called the Higher Education Access Tracker, or HEAT for short. This means the research carried out by EMWPREP will become part of a larger, national dataset.

HEAT will continue to support young people in their journey towards higher education by building evidence and further collective knowledge around what works for equality of opportunity in higher education and beyond.

What does this mean for you?

In accordance with your data protection rights, we want to assure you that your personal data will be handled with the utmost care and security. Your data collected as part of the EMWPREP project will be securely transferred to HEAT. Where it will continue to be used solely for the purpose of conducting educational research to check if research activities are reaching the right people and creating a positive impact.

• Data Protection: Your personal data will continue to be protected under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, and we will ensure that all data handling practices comply with the law. You can read how the HEAT Service uses and manages the personal information of individuals, in accordance with the provisions of data protection law here. You can also find the Higher Horizons Privacy Policy here.
• Right to Object: You have the right to object to processing of your personal data. If you or your parents don’t want your data to be part of the new project, please contact us at ncop@keele.ac.uk.

If you have any questions or would like more information about this change, please do get in touch at ncop@keele.ac.uk.